Revolving pen and pencil case.



PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

GLKOHLIMEYERM REVOLVING PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1906- @Mowmgo CTON, ING

GEORGE KOHLMEYER, OF COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK.

REVOLVING PEN AND PENCIL CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Ap lication fil d April 26,1906. Serial No. 313.886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KOHLMEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at College Point, in the county of Queens and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Penand Pencil Cases; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in holders or cases for pens,pencils, erasers, and the like, commonly known as scholars companions.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will be of simple, strong, durable, and comparatively in expensiveconstruction, very convenient in use, and well adapted for the purposeintended.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved pen and pencil case. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views, and Fig.5 is a perspective view, of the rotary barrel or cylinder of the device.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the outer casing of thedevice, which casing is preferably of cylindrical formand constructed'of sheet metal, as shown, but which may be constructed of paper, wood,or any other suitable material. Adjacent to one' of its open ends isprovided a transverse partition 2, which forms in said end of thecylinder or casing a compartment 3, in which rubber erasers, pen-points,and other small articles may be kept. This compartment 3 is closed by aremovable cap or cover 4, having an annular flange to frictionallyengage the outer surface of said end of the casing. In the opposite openend of the casing 1 is rotatably mounted a barrel or cylinder 5, formed,preferably, of wood and having in its outer surface a radially-arrangedseries of longitudinally-extending pockets 6 to receive pens, pencils,and the like. These pockets are formed by grooving the cylinder orbarrel 5 longitudinally to leave radial ribs 7, which separate saidpockets. One of the ribs 7 is somewhat broader than the others and isformed with a longitudinally-extending groove 8,in which a ruler 9 maybe removably placed. Any desired number of the pockets may be provided,and they may be of any length, shape, and size, according to thecharacter of the penholders, pencils, or the like to be placed in them.The barrel or cylinder 5 is retained in the casing 1 and permitted torotate therein in order'to bring any one of the pockets or rooves 6 or 8into alinement with a longitudinal slot 13, formed in the casing, bymeans of a screw 10, which is engaged with a screw-threaded opening adjacent to the end of the casing and has its inner end projecting into an,annular groove 11, formed in the outer end of the barrel or cylinder 5.This end of the latter projects beyond the end of the casing 1 and isshaped or turned to provide a finger-piece 12, by means of which thebarrel may be readily rotated in the casing. It will be seen that anyone of the pockets or grooves may be readily turned into alinement withthe slot or opening 9 to permit a pen, pencil, ruler, or the like to beinserted in or removed from the same and that when said barrel is turnedto cause one of the ribs 7 to aline with the center of the slot thearticles in the two adjacent pockets will be prevented from dropping outof said slot, as Well as the articles in the remaining pockets, asclearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, use, and advanta es of theinvention will be readily understoo Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the character described comprising a cylindrical casinghaving open ends and a lon itudinal slot, a transverse partition in saicasing adjacent to one end of said slot, a removable cover upon one endof said casing, a cylindrical barrel projectin into the other end. ofsaid casing and forme at its outer end with afinger-piece, at its innerend with longitudinal grooves or pockets adapted to be moved into andout of alinement with In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the slotin said casing, and intermediate its my hand in presence of twosubscribing witends with an annular groove, a screw extendnesses' ingthrough said casing and'into said groove GEORGE KOHLMEYER. to retainsaid barrel in said casing and per Witnesses: mit it to rotate therein,substantially as JACOB KOHLMEYER, shown and described. v JOHN P.KRAEBEL.

